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Geometrid Moth

Geometridae / Sterrhinae

Habitat:

Tropical forest

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Geometrid Moth
Geometridae, Sterrhinae


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13 Comments

Jonathan Guyot
Jonathan Guyot 10 years ago

Thank you very much KarenL

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Congrats Jonathan your moth is featured in the Project Noah blog! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/5623943...

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Lovely color combination, black background makes picture more beautiful,,

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

OK, I will keep an eye on this one! I already have ruled out some...

Jonathan Guyot
Jonathan Guyot 11 years ago

Sorry bayucca I didn't have more :(

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

More shots, please ;-)... Close-up from the head??

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Especially like the third photo!

Jonathan Guyot
Jonathan Guyot 11 years ago

Thank you bayucca AndrésHernandez for the ID. I put 2 more photos to help you to identify, in which you can see better the antennea

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Thanks for the nice link. These are all moths from probably one of the below mentioned genus.

AliceGreenup
AliceGreenup 11 years ago

I would have thought this was a butterfly but i certainly could be wrong. Have a look at this blog http://jaimeinperu.blogspot.com.au/2008/... They have a picture of what looks to be the same species as this, unfortunately it's not identified on there.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

I can't say it is a moth or a butterfly from the antennae because I don't clearly see the antennae. But I know it is a moth since I have never seen such a butterfly but many very similar moths. There are different genus and species around. But unfortunately it is not possible to clearly see all the details you should see for separating the different genus. It is most probably a Geometridae and Sterrhinae moth, but I am not 100% sure. One possible tribe are Cyllopodini and some genus Cyllopoda, Atyria, Atyriodes, Flavinia and Smicropus. From what I can see, I think it is not a Cyllopoda and not a Smicropus.

ToshimiDowaki
ToshimiDowaki 11 years ago

Great one!

DinDjarin
DinDjarin 11 years ago

Hello Jonathan Guyot, your pusisite is a butterfly, which is a moth, the antennas are feathery are not normal antennas, thank you.

Jonathan Guyot
Spotted by
Jonathan Guyot

Pachiza, San Martín, Peru

Spotted on Oct 13, 2012
Submitted on Oct 16, 2012

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